00:01Se você ouvir, Qatar é mais do que construção e construção.
00:06Em o outskirts da cidade, um ritmo de quieto é em motion.
00:11Estes walls holdem uma história que foi aprendido e handedado.
00:15Este é o Al-Qatar House de Qatar.
00:19É a perfecta exemplo de como um país moderno é preservar a cultural heritagem.
00:24Originalmente home to one of Qatar's founding families,
00:28it's now a space which hosts cultural activities, workshops and not to mention a living museum.
00:34I'm Laila Humaira and this is Qatar in Motion.
00:42Did you know that Qatar and its GCC neighbours have seven elements currently inscribed
00:48in UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage?
00:51Last year, the bisht and al-sadu weaving were inaugurated,
00:57joining Arabic coffee, henna, dates, falconry and the majlis.
01:03This year, the region is looking to add al-arda,
01:06the traditional sword dance, the musical instrument oud
01:09and al-safiyat plant weaving into the list.
01:15The Al-Qatar Heritage House is the home of the HERFA programme.
01:19Qatar Foundation's year-long course aimed at reviving the art of traditional crafts,
01:25deeply rooted in Qatari and Islamic culture.
01:29Launched in 2024, HERFA combines tradition and creativity
01:33to safeguard heritage arts and ancient craftsmanship.
01:38Long before the construction of state-of-the-art universities in Education City,
01:42the area, known as Al-Rayyan, was home to Qatar's earliest rulers and founding families.
01:50This location where we are now was one of the first inhabitants of all Al-Rayyan.
01:56So the Al-Khater family, or the late Fahd Al-Khater,
02:01relocated with his uncle, who was at the time ruler of Qatar,
02:05Sheikh Abdullah bin Jasim.
02:06And at the time there was nothing here, but the area was fertile and it had underground water.
02:11The ruler settled there with his nephew.
02:14And that is around the end of the 19th century, beginning of the 20th century,
02:21like the early 1900s.
02:22With the establishment of Qatar Foundation in 1995,
02:26Al-Rayyan became the cradle of knowledge and learning.
02:30Led by a vision to protect heritage,
02:33instead of being demolished,
02:35the old houses were incorporated into the construction of the area.
02:39Al-Khater House is a very unique cultural hub.
02:43It's one of the buildings that QF Restore,
02:46to promote cultural heritage and to stay as a hub for gathering generations
02:53around identity, heritage and culture,
02:56and to stay rooted as well.
02:58So a Herfa program is a unique program in the region, let's say,
03:02where it covers all the traditions, activities.
03:07At the Al-Khater House,
03:09participants of Herfa immerse themselves in a year-long coursework,
03:14which covers geometric drawing,
03:17nabati motifs, textiles,
03:20gypsum and ceramics,
03:21and marquetry.
03:23Being in this environment,
03:25or in this learning ecosystem,
03:26it's provided me the opportunity to disconnect from real life,
03:31and reconnect with my senses,
03:33whether that's through touch, or smell, or sight.
03:36My favourite part of the program so far
03:38has been extracting colours from nature,
03:42whether that's through berries,
03:43or through minerals, or through rocks.
03:46Each structure of the building is used as classrooms,
03:50workstations, and places to store materials,
03:53inventory, or equipment like kilns.
03:56The Flower and Herb Garden is also where participants get to experiment
04:00with different types of plants and natural dyes.
04:04At the end of the program,
04:05they get to showcase their masterpiece,
04:07and hopefully pass along what they've learned.
04:34It's quite fitting that a program aimed at preserving
04:37traditional craftsmanship is being hosted within the grounds of a heritage house,
04:42which itself has been refurbished
04:44to ensure that the legacy of Qatar's founding families lives on.
04:50Well, Qatar House has some unique features
04:54that you don't see in an urban Qatari house.
04:57This is a rural setup for a Qatari house connected to agriculture.
05:01The large courtyard is needed because of the need,
05:04like, from an agricultural perspective,
05:06the availability of land,
05:07and also there was an area at the back that used to house animals.
05:12We have the majlis, which is the main hospitality space for Qatar in Qatari tradition.
05:20Among other features that were kept through to the original form
05:23are the mosque, the main gate, the stone walls and denshell roofs,
05:28as well as the road that leads to the royal family's home.
05:32For the Herfa participants,
05:34the opportunity to visit the Al-Qatar House every day
05:37to learn about Islamic art and traditional craftsmanship
05:40gives them a profound appreciation and deep contemplation about beauty.
05:46I feel that if you are surrounded by beauty continuously,
05:50it changes you in terms of your reflection of beauty in thought,
05:56beauty in speech, beauty in behavior, beauty in values.
06:00And to be surrounded by that remembrance continuously
06:04can only make us more humane and better human beings.
06:08And it's exactly these values that Qatar Foundation believes
06:12forms the foundations of a successful nation.
06:16When you are faithful to your roots, to your traditions,
06:19and you are faithful to your basics,
06:21you are able to develop into your own identity farther away.
06:27You don't disconnect.
06:29So we are trying to be connected and rooted
06:32to what Qatar is and what Qatar identity and heritage is.
06:36And not only in the material, cultural, heritage aspect,
06:39but I think it's in all other educational research and everything else.
06:45Among many organizations helping to advance
06:47Qatar Foundation's mission is the Qatar National Library.
06:51It launched the Family Digital Papers Project last year,
06:54aimed at building a platform to access documents and artifacts
06:58from Qatar's founding families.
07:00The initiative provides a window to early life in Qatar,
07:04and Q&L is going a step further to ensure
07:07that these heritage items are safeguarded forever.
07:10The initiative is a part of a project for Qatar궁ね.
07:14The project is a part of a project in Qatar,
07:15and the vision of Qatar and Haiti is also assigned
07:20on the international community.
07:25The partnership is the cooperation of the countries
07:27and the attention of those harms from Qatar.
07:30The initiative has been worked on the project.
07:33A CIDADE NO BRASIL
08:03e nós vamos fazer um trabalho simples e isso ajudá-lo a guardar essas coisas para o tempo para o
08:07tempo para o tempo.
08:08E nós vamos enviar ela para o registro do registro,
08:12e vamos fazer um registro de registro do registro do registro do registro do registro.
08:17E tudo isso é importante.
08:18Ela é considerada uma equipe para o tempo para o tempo para o tempo para o tempo para o tempo
08:25para o tempo.
08:26e segurança para a nossa família e a história especial do culturais que estão no culturais.
08:35O culturais e a sociedade são muito importantes para a sociedade.
08:40E muito importante para a sociedade.
08:44Uma das principais das cidadas do culturais é o aumento do culturais.
08:50Além disso, é um número de intercâmbio entre as instituições e as instituições e as instituições.
08:57Além disso, também é melhorar o melhorar o trabalho e o descanso o processo de desenvolvimento.
09:04E o que é o que é o que é que é o que é o que é o que
09:06é o que é o que é o que é o que é o que é o que é o
09:08que é.
09:08وهذه الوفائق مهمة جدا لأنها تعتبر إضافة ولسد فجوات حقوبات تاريخية غير موجودة في التاريخ المكتوب
09:20المواد الموجودة في الموقع الإلكتروني هي متاحة بالمجان لكل من مهتم بتاريخ قطر والمنطقة
09:28وهو يساعد على تحسين الفرص البحثية وتوفير المصادر الأولية التي تثري الأبحاث التي تتناول تاريخ قطر والخليج
09:37وحاليا يحتوي الموقع على ما يقارب المائتين وثيقة من جوازات سفر وصور ومراصلات
09:43نتمنى أن تكون هناك مشاريع مماثلة تلهم حركة أو سع في مجال توثيق وحفظ الإرشفات المحلية في مطقة الخليج
09:54From the cradle of knowledge to the epicenter of culture, it's here within the grounds of the National Museum of
10:00Qatar
10:00that the country's leadership flourished. Today, the museum brings Qatar's story to the world
10:06as custodians and protectors of cultural heritage
10:10To keep it, to keep it alive, to preserve it, to expand its life so to speak
10:16That could take many shapes, many forms, it could be conservation, consolidation, restoration, renovation, adaptive reuse
10:25Culture is about multiple ownership, a network of ownership. It's about people appreciating the value of what you see
10:33If people stop visiting the Mona Lisa, it will cease to be of value. So as many people as you
10:42want to own the space
10:43To feel like they're attached to the space, to feel like they are related to the space somehow
10:49You can continue to preserve that space for the future generations
10:54The heritage fails when we preserve the fabric and lose the narrative
10:59So is this building only special because it's a palace, it's 110 years old
11:05Or is it special because it was a place where some leaders were born, future leaders were born
11:10Treaties were signed, meetings happened, early formation of government, early formation of financial systems
11:17Early formation of Shura Council, there is so much narrative that has happened in this place
11:23And usually the mark, the building, the monument is only the symbol that remains
11:30You preserve an element so that the story can continue to resonate
11:37From heritage houses to traditional craftsmanship, Qatar's dedication to preserving cultural heritage
11:43It's as robust as the skyscrapers it's building and the technological innovations that's driving the country forward
11:50That's all the time we have for now
11:52Thanks for watching Qatar in Motion and see you next time
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